In the companies that I work with, Active Directory and Firewalls are often said in the same sentence, this KB article discusses the essential network ports; protocols and services that are used by Windows client and server operating systems; server-based programs and their subcomponents in the Windows server system. I have found this document to [...]
Read moreDFS Hotfixes for Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2.
If you are implementing DFS (Namespaces or Replication) then you should baseline your DFS environment to the levels detailed in these articles. KB 968429 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 KB 958802 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) [...]
Read moreWindows antivirus exclusions
All Windows Operating systems in my opinion should run antivirus and malware software, which should be regularly updated to counteract the threat that malicious code can pose. Many corporations in my experience simple install the anti-virus application; then configure the virus signature updates and believe that that they are done – but there is a small oversight – certain [...]
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April 9, 2010
